The Best Episodes Directed By John Fawcett

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Fallen Angel

   S5:E19/27/1999

   While Joxer, Amarice and Eli try to recover Xena and Gabrielle's bodies, a war over their souls is waged with Heaven's angels and Hell's demons, which includes Callisto in their ranks.

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   8.1/10(24 votes)

   #2 - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

   S1:E106/1/2013

   Sarah’s last chance to bring her nemesis back to sanity slips away as Art intervenes to get answers of his own. Meanwhile, the Orphans must decide whether to make peace with their creators, as Sarah is forced into a deadly confrontation with their enemy.

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   8.0/10(22 votes)

   #3 - By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried

   S2:E106/21/2014

   The war with Dyad is all but lost when Rachel’s latest ploy forces a broken Sarah to concede. The Clone Club springs into action, uniting in a reckless gambit to save Sarah. As they fight to gain their freedom, Sarah encounters a new ally and uncovers a terrifying new dimension to the conspiracy.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #4 - The Rheingold (1)

   S6:E711/13/2000

   When Xena journeys to Norse to stop a vicious beast she created, Gabrielle soon follows and learns of Xena's past as a valkeryie and the crimes she committed after she made the Rheingold into a powerful ring.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #5 - The Way

   S4:E162/22/1999

   Xena seeks the help of the god Krishna, to rescue Gabrielle and Eli from the clutches of Indrajit, the King of the Demons.

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   7.8/10(24 votes)

   #6 - Reckoning

   S0:E52/18/2011

   Batiatus’ father announces a tournament to determine the worth of the men that make up his stable of gladiators. Crixus, dedicated to proving himself, is drawn into the power play within the house.

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   7.8/10(27 votes)

   #7 - Variations Under Domestication

   S1:E65/4/2013

   Sarah’s hunt for answers is interrupted by a trip to the suburbs. Alison’s paranoia has boiled over, putting all the Orphans at risk. But when Sarah, Alison and Beth’s worlds dangerously collide, Sarah must decide who to trust with her secret.

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   7.7/10(21 votes)

   #8 - For Want of a Nail

   S4:E911/15/2019

   Smith and Helen’s true loyalties are placed on trial by an old nemesis. The BCR struggles to maintain order across the JPS. Kido is forced to confront his atrocities. Bands of roving vigilantes threaten Childan and Yukiko.

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   7.5/10(32 votes)

   #9 - Instinct

   S1:E24/6/2013

   With a body in her car and nowhere to turn, Sarah is forced to continue her con and earn “Beth” a second chance on the force. But with a killer on her tail, her only hope of finding answers lies with another apparent ‘identical,’ Alison.

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    7.5/10(23 votes)

    #10 - The Collapse of Nature

    S4:E14/14/2016

    After two months of respite, Sarah’s hard-won refuge in Iceland is shattered by a Neolution attack. Once again forced to flee, she realizes no matter how far her family runs it will never be far enough.

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    7.4/10(35 votes)

    #11 - Duck and Cover

    S2:E512/16/2016

    Joe learns a truth about his past that makes him question everything. The rift between Frank and Ed widens as Frank is drawn further into the Resistance. In order to assure her safety, Juliana must betray someone close to her.

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    7.4/10(48 votes)

    #12 - Doom Patrol

    S1:E411/2/2018

    Gar brings Rachel home to his “family” – a group of misfit medical experiments we’ll come to know as The Doom Patrol (including Robotman, Negative Man and Elastigirl).

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    7.3/10(21 votes)

    #13 - From Dancing Mice to Psychopaths

    S4:E106/16/2016

    When communication with Cosima is cut off and Neolution appears to be within striking distance, Sarah's alliance with Rachel goes out the window. Sarah lures a high-level Neolutionist into a trap, and sets out to bring down Neolution once and for all.

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    7.2/10(44 votes)

    #14 - Natural Selection

    S1:E13/30/2013

    Sarah, a streetwise hustler on the run from a lifetime of bad decisions, witnesses the suicide of a stranger who looks just like her. Sarah assumes her identity, hoping that cleaning out the dead woman’s bank account will solve all of her problems. Instead, the street smart chameleon is thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery. After taking on the new identity, Sarah quickly finds herself caught in the middle of a deadly conspiracy and must race to find answers.

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    7.1/10(22 votes)

    #15 - History Yet to Be Written

    S3:E106/20/2015

    Castor and Topside force Sarah to make uneasy alliances. But there is some rest for the wicked, when Donnie gives Helena an unexpected ‘gift’, and the results of Alison’s candidacy finally come in. Even as team Leda takes a moment to breathe, change is afoot and a life hangs in the balance.

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    7.1/10(22 votes)

    #16 - Transgressive Border Crossing

    S4:E24/21/2016

    After evading a Neolution attack in Iceland, Sarah returns home to track down an elusive new ally. As Cosima struggles with Delphine’s disappearance, Alison and Donnie host a pregnant and ever-hungry Helena. Meanwhile Felix, feeling like an outsider, embarks on his own journey of self-discovery.

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    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Formalized, Complex, and Costly

    S3:E35/2/2015

    Leda and Castor are both on the hunt for original clone DNA. On-the-lam, Mark and Gracie pursue new leads to find the samples that might set them free, while Art and Sarah reunite to track them down. Meanwhile, Cosima and Scott try to learn more about Castor’s biology and Alison’s new money-making venture is going gangbusters. A shocking revelation about the Castor-Leda connection leaves the sisters reeling, just before Sarah witnesses a deadly Prolethean-Castor face-off.

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    7.0/10(27 votes)

    #18 - Men of Honor

    S3:E32/8/2013

    Spartacus considers striking a deal with a band of marauders to ensure his people stay supplied and fed. Crassus's son Tiberius makes a bold and fateful decision.

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    7.0/10(27 votes)

    #19 - Nature Under Constraint and Vexed

    S2:E14/19/2014

    Sarah is out of options, on the run, and pursued by deadly adversaries. Desperate to find her daughter Kira, Sarah suspects ruthless pro-clone Rachel is behind her daughter’s disappearance and sparks an all out war against her. Alison and Donnie attend the funeral of her fallen friend, Aynsley, causing Alison to sink into guilt and despair. Cosima is faced with a perplexing decision that may have dire consequences.

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    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #20 - Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion

    S2:E24/26/2014

    While Alison struggles with Aynsley's death and Cosima grapples with the worsening symptoms of her mysterious sickness, Sarah enlists Art’s help to find Kira and is shocked when she learns where the trail leads.

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    6.7/10(19 votes)

    #21 - The Box

    S4:E311/15/2019

    Wyatt’s rebels and the BCR join forces to attack Tokyo’s elite at Robert Childan’s auction. Helen comes back to the Reich to protect her children. Kido receives an unexpected call from the Yakuza. Smith sends an assassin to kill Juliana.

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    6.6/10(22 votes)

    #22 - Variable and Full of Perturbation

    S2:E86/7/2014

    A new player in the clone conspiracy turns up at Felix’s door, sending him into crisis mode. With Cosima running out of options, Sarah struggles with the decision to surrender a crucial piece of leverage and make a deal with Dyad.

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    6.5/10(20 votes)

    #23 - Sabra

    S3:E410/4/2018

    A new community fights for survival in the Neutral Zone. Juliana and Joe get reacquainted, while Joe continues his undercover work for Himmler. Wyatt drops in on Juliana in San Francisco. Smith's past rises up to haunt him. Ed and Childan face a challenge on their way home to San Francisco. As tensions between the Reich and the Empire rise, Tagomi finds his life may be in danger.

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    6.5/10(19 votes)

    #24 - To Right the Wrongs of Many

    S5:E108/12/2017

    With Helena forced to take shelter behind enemy lines, it’s a bloody last stand for survival as Sarah and Art struggle to protect her, and end the siege on the sestras once and for all.

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    6.4/10(19 votes)

    #25 - Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis

    S3:E24/25/2015

    Castor pursues the Leda clones for original tissue samples. Helena, who is pregnant and imprisoned, is examined by a mysterious new villain. The Castor boys are also out to play, toying with a frightened young woman, Patty, in a sexy switcheroo that ultimately sets Sarah – and Art – hot on the Castor trail. But it’s not all fun and games for the Castor boys, as Sarah gleans they may have a mysterious defect that puts their lives in peril.

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